Veteran Facts
VISN Trivia
Boring But Important
Swallowing
Audiology
100
Began in 2010 to signify the transfer of power to local forces, OND stands for this.
What is Operation New Dawn?
100
Cincinnati is part of this VISN.
What is VISN 10?
100
2nd floor, Radiology Suite in Cinci and 3rd floor Nurses Station at FTD.
Where is the location of the MSDS sheets?
100
Radiographic examination conducted with a fluoroscope during which a patient swallows varied consistencies of barium with the aim of assessing swallowing physiology.
What is a Modified Barium Swallow Study / Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study?
100
A test for auditory processing disorders.
What is SCAN-3 ?
200
The highest officer rank in the US Navy is addressed as this.
What is an Admiral?
200
Most northern location in VISN 10.
What is Cleveland?
200
Pull Pin, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep.
What is PASS?
200
Swallowing maneuver or exercise that involves elevating the hyolaryngeal complex and maintaining positioning high in the neck for a short duration of time with the aim of strengthening extrinsic laryngeal muscles responsible for hyolaryngeal elevation.
What is the Mendelsohn Maneuver
200
The newest full time Audiologist.
Who is Dr. Tamara Meyer?
300
OEF and OIF are acronyms for this.
What is Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom?
300
The patient-centered initiative being rolled out VISN-wide.
What is Relationship Based Care?
300
Fire code.
What is Code Red?
300
Muscle at the junction of the hypopharynx and cervical esophagus, should be in a state of tonic contraction to keep food from refluxing back into the pharynx.
What is the cricopharyngeus muscle (or upper esophageal sphincter)?
300
Testing for balance disorders.
What is Videonystagmography?
400
With then unknown side effects, this deforesting chemical was spread throughout Vietnam.
What is Agent Orange?
400
Director of the VISN.
Who is Mr. Jack Hetrick?
400
Secure, Protect, Inform and Leave
What is SPIL?
400
Condition in which food or liquid enters the supraglottic larynx during swallowing, perhaps reaching the vocal folds, but does not enter the subglottic space.
What is laryngeal penetration?
400
Device used to manage tinnitus.
What is Neuromonics?
500
With its developmental origins tracing back to Eugene Stoner, this is the standard- issue weapon in the US Army.
What is M-4 (M-16 is technically incorrect, but close enough)?
500
Location of the VISN 10 Network Office.
What is West Chester?
500
11711
What is the code for the copy machine on 2nd floor?
500
Condition in which food or liquid enters the supraglottic larynx and passes below the vocal folds into the trachea.
What is aspiration?
500
Support cells in the inner ear.
What are the Dieter’s Cells?